Ironless Rotor Cycloidal Planetary Actuator
I designed a 3D printed quasi-direct-drive actuator that only costs $70 and can reach nearly 30 Nm of holding torque
Caden Kraft
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SCARA Robotic Arm
For the past year or so I have been working on a SCARA robotic arm with the goal to replicate the mechanics and kinematics of commercial SCARA arms as close as possible
3D Printed Dual Cycloidal Actuator
This project builds on my previous axial flux motor. To improve the torque output of the motor I designed a cycloidal gearbox that integrates into the current motor design allowing for more torque.
Solar Car HV Bus Bar Distribution
I designed a high voltage distribution assembly for the solar car that centralizes all of our high voltage connections, contactors, and fuses into a centralized location.
The NTPixie, A WiFi Nixie Tube Clock
I've always wanted to make a nixie tube clock but wanted to make one that I could trust was accurate. This was done through syncing the time with NTP servers the same way phones and computers do.
Ironless Axial Flux Motor
Building off my first motor project, I designed and tested an axial flux motor by mathematically calculating all of the motor parameters needed to meet the design requirements that I set.
Solar Car GPS Tracker
For our 2022 solar car race, I designed a simple webpage that tied into our cars live telemetry in order to display the current speeds and location on a map. This allowed us to share our race progress with family and friends.
Creating a 3D Printed Brushless Motor
This was my first attempt at making a motor from scratch. This design is a simple brushless motor made with components I had on hand at the time and taught me quite a lot about motor design and magnetics.
Solar Car Steering Wheel
This was one of my first projects on solar car where I designed a new steering wheel that had its own integrated PCB to minimize the wiring harness connecting it to the rest of the car.
Ghost Blog with Free Webhosting
This is an in depth guide on how I made this very website through locally developing the website and pushing changes to Github pages. This allows me to host this site while paying $0 in hosting.
Single Part Raspberry Pi Compute Cluster
This is a Raspberry Pi cluster that I created where all of the Raspberry Pi's and networking gear can click into a single 3D printed component without the use of any fasteners.